>While I agree that many youngsters tend to believe that they are as smart (or smarter) as older peoples while they are not, I would not generalize that all 35yo are smarter than a 18yo. I've seen a lot of young boys/girls that are way smarter than many 35+yo I've met. Age doesn't allways bring wisdom to all of us.

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I agree, that's why I said MOST. Most people grow older and wiser, some just grow older. My point to Mike is that he should surely agree that he is wiser today than he was at 16, and from that he should be able to infer that he'll be even wiser at 35. Of course, if he's bent on drug usage, he may just be older.